Since most of us here do not have pre kindergarten to middle school age children I am not surprised that we did not mention before the problem that the parents of these 40 million children must face if there is no school opening in the Fall. Baby sitting! As most of us teachers know from the Northeast when a school declares a snow day and closes schools for the day or even dismisses the children early, the parents have to find dependable sitters on short notice. A huge problem for these parents.